Shauna Lepley & Darren Irwin

Our Story

Darren and I met at our friends engagement party while he was on a two week leave from Iraq. After spending every minute with him that I could of his leave I decided that he was something special and decided to wait for him while he went back to Iraq for 7 months. We kept in contact by phone (when he could call) and email for the entire 7 months and when he came back last December (2007) it was like he never left. We picked up right where we left off and needlesstosay fell madly in love.
I knew he had the ring for a while and everytime we were alone together I thought he was going to pop the question. We had a trip planned to go see my mom in Hawaii so I had it all figured out that he was going to do it there. Well, he fooled me! He took me to dinner on April 11, 2008 in downtown Santa Rosa, as we were walking up to the restaurant I was checking his pockets and they were all flat so I figured it wasn't going to happen that night. He was shaky the entire dinner and kept on saying that the caffeine from the coffee he had that morning was still getting to him. Then he said he was full and didn't finish his steak... now if any of you know Darren, he never leaves a steak unfinished. Right when the dessert came he got up and said he had to go to the bathroom. Little did I know, he had already been to the restaurant earlier in the day so when I thought he was going to the bathroom he was really at the front desk picking up his ring and a dozen red roses! He came back to the table got down on his knee in the middle of the restaurant and took out the ring and asked me to marry him. I happily said YES.
We are getting married on April 11, 2009 and are very happy to have found eachother and start the rest of our lives together.

Our Wedding

DIRECTIONS FROM PETALUMA
Go east on East Washington, over 101, past the airport until it ends at the stop at Adobe Road. Turn left (north) on Adobe. Go 2.8 miles, turn right onto Jacobsen Lane (sign for Flying Cloud on the corner). Go about ВЅ mile over a small bridge, make an immediate left and then follow the signs around to Flying Cloud. Once through the open security gate, go straight into the driveway. Curve left up around the vineyard on the hill to the parking lot.

DIRECTIONS FROM THE SOUTH (northbound on 101)
Coming from the south, take 101 north to the Petaluma, East Washington Street exit.
Turn right onto East Washington Street. Washington will dead end at Adobe Rd. Turn left (north). Go 2.8 miles, turn right onto Jacobsen Lane (sign for Flying Cloud on the corner). Go about ВЅ mile over a small bridge, make an immediate left and then follow the signs around to Flying Cloud. Once through the open security gate, go straight into the driveway. Curve left up around the vineyard on the hill to the parking lot.

DIRECTIONS FROM THE NORTH (southbound on 101)
Take 101 south to the Penngrove, North Petaluma Blvd. exit. Turn left (east) onto Old Redwood Hwy. Go 1.7 miles on Old Redwood Hwy to a 3-way stoplight. Turn right onto Main street (Penngrove fire station is on the right corner), go through Penngrove to the next light (about 4 blocks) at Adobe Rd. Turn right onto Adobe Rd. Go about 1 mile and turn left onto Jacobsen Lane (sign for Flying Cloud is on the corner). Go about ВЅ mile over a small bridge, make an immediate left and then follow the signs around to Flying Cloud. Once through the open security gate, go straight into the driveway. Curve left up around the vineyard on the hill to the parking lot.

DIRECTIONS FROM SEBASTOPOL
Go east on 116 into Cotati. Turn left (south) on Old Redwood Highway. Go about 2 ВЅ miles on Old Redwood Hwy to Adobe Road (on the left.) Turn left on Adobe Road. Cross through the light at Petaluma Hill and go about 1 mile to Jacobsen Lane on the left (sign for Flying Cloud is on the corner). Turn left on Jacobsen. Go about ВЅ mile over a small bridge, make an immediate left and then follow the signs around to Flying Cloud. Once through the open security gate, go straight into the driveway. Curve left up around the vineyard on the hill to the parking lot.

Our Reception

The reception will follow the ceremony at Flying Cloud. Semi-Formal Attire (slacks, dresses, button-up shirts... please no jeans, hats or flip flops) Catering by Sally Tomatoes, bring your appetite!

Travel Arrangements

Sheraton Hotel & Resort - 745 Baywood Drive, Petaluma, CA 94954 Phone 707-283-2888

A Special Message From Us

Hi everyone,
thank you for visiting our wedding website. We are so grateful to have such wonderful and supportive family and friends and can't wait to share our big day with all of you!
We already have everything we need for our home so instead of home goods we have registered for our honeymoon. We are going to St Lucia (in the Carribean) and staying there for 7 wonderful romantic nights. If you want to see some pics of where we are staying you can visit the resorts website at www.sandals.com. We are so excited to go on our honeymoon and thank all of you for helping it all happen!
God bless you and see you all in April!!!!
Love - Darren and Shauna